Plummer · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Plummer in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 4 freedmen

4 freedmen named Plummer registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Brazoria County (1), Falls County (1) and Fort Bend County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were North Carolina. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1827.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Plummers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Plummer registered, on the 1870 county map
4
Freedmen
4
Counties
North Carolina
Largest birthplace
1827
Earliest arrival
1820s
Fullest decade

Where the Plummers registered

Texas counties where the Plummers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazoria County125%
Falls County125%
Fort Bend County125%
Guadalupe County125%

Where the Plummers were born

Birthplaces the Plummers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
North Carolina2100%

When the Plummers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Plummers
DecadeFreedmen
1820s
1
1830s
0
1840s
0
1850s
1
1860s
1

Every Plummer in the register

The Plummers in the register, 1 to 4 of 4
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Duke PlummerFalls County
Kemp PlummerFort Bend County1827
Peter PlummerBrazoria CountyNorth Carolina1853
Richard PlummerGuadalupe CountyNorth Carolina1866

Plummer genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Plummer in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazoria County holds 1 of the 4, Falls County 1. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Plummers in Texas come from?

They reported North Carolina (2) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Plummer?

Brazoria County (1), Falls County (1), Fort Bend County (1). In all, 4 registered across 4 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Plummer appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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